Taylor & Emmet Sunday Junior Challenge Cup Final 2011

Leading law local law firm Taylor&Emmet LLP are proud sponsors of this season’s Sunday Junior Cup and have a longstanding history of supporting grassroots football in the area. This is the first season that Taylor&Emmet LLP, Sheffield based solicitors have sponsored the Sunday Junior Challenge Cup competition along with the Sunday Senior Cup and the agreement is also in place for next season.

This season saw 245 men’s junior teams enter the largest Sunday cup competition in the area. Following 7 rounds of competition Arbourthorne SWD from the Rotherham & District Sunday League and Redmires FC from the Blades Sunday Super Draw league have successfully reached the much anticipated final.

Arbourthorne SWD founded in 2000 as Vulcan FC joined the Sheffield Imperial Sunday League. Vulcan FC finished as Division 1 runners up in 2002-03 and went on to win the premier division in the next season 2003-04.

In the 2006-07 season they joined the Sheffield & Hallamshire Nomads League and won the Division 1 title. They finished Premier Division Runners Up in 2008-09 and went onto win the League Cup the same year under the new name Northern Ave F.C.

The clubs name changed to Arbourthorne SWD in season 2009-10 and they joined the Rotherham & District Sunday League where they became Division 5 winners. They are currently in Division 3 with aspirations for a league and cup double this season.

Redmires FC were formed from Hallam Rangers in 1983 after merging with former Sunday Sports League side Viners FC. Redmires became only the second team ever from the Sunday Sports League to reach the final of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Junior Cup. This year wouldn’t be the first that Redmires have had success at Stockbridge’s Bracken Moor, after they won the Sunday Sports League’s Merit Cup Final on their last visit in 2007